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Googleoids (jnlp)

Googleoids is a crazy cross between searching and scrabble. The rules are simple: 1. Poke pictures to release letters. 2. Use letters to search for more pictures. Points are awarded based on the number of search results returned and the number of letters used. If not enough letters are used...

Tags: Standalone Version, Letter, Search Result, Googleoids, Leadership, Search, Management

Software downloads 2006-09-11

Wisconsin Fly Fishing (zip)

This fun widget gives fly-fishers animated, up-to-the-second data on the water levels in cfs cubic feet per second and relative safety over the past 24-hours at four popular southeastern Wisconsin fishing sites. Using USGS data, its valuable for any angler who wants to see the best spot for fishing before...

Tags: Wisconsin, Standalone Version, Construction, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-08-04

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Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing

On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users

Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...

Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-07-25

iPhone 2.0 jailbreaker for iPhone 2g/3g is available

The iPhone DevTeam blog has released the development sources for their tool xpwn version 0.3.  This tool is the firmware 2.0 version of the team's "cross-platform jailbreaking library/command-line utility".  The team claims it has been tested on Linux, Windows XP, and Windows Vista for both the iPhone 2g and the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Productivity, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-25

How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability

The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...

Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer

Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer.  From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...

Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops

Microsoft has internally released to manufacturing the version of Windows XP that it has tweaked to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO computer. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-25

News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUs

Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUsIt's not surprising.The increased cost of the premium Office doesn't provide much that corporations need. Also, as linked, Vista Home Basic is not viable either, so they must, if they go Vista, get the premium product.I do think a clarification is needed. [B]He...

Tags: Elop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?

Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Samsung INNOV8 S60 mobile device with 8 megapixel camera revealed

The Nokia N96 was revealed back in January and should be hitting the streets in the next couple of months. I guess I haven't been following the S60 rumors closely enough lately and was a bit caught off guard by the post that Ricky made regarding the Samsung i8510INNOV8 S60...

Tags: Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Mobile Device, Camera, 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Microsoft confirms IE 8 will ship this year

Microsoft Senior Vice President of Online Services and Windows, Bill Veghte, just told attendees that Microsoft will release the final version of Internet Explorer IE 8 to the Web "later this year." by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Is open source hurt by piracy?

Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...

Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution

Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distributionSimple? Compared to what?[i]The procedure works like this: a developer will request your iPhone’s unique identifier. The Identifier is 40-character string that can be found in iTunes by clicking on the word "Serial Number" under the Summary tab when your iPhone is connected. You can...

Tags: Digital media, Apple iPhone, App Store Ad Hoc distribution, App Store Ad Hoc, App Store, Hands-On, Identifier

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution

There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch – via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and paid application in numerous categories and has been well publicized over the last week. I recently had...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Identifier, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Attack code published for DNS flaw

Attack code published for DNS flawIrresponsible and evil"In an IM exchange, Moore told me his exploit takes about a minute or two to poison a DNS cache but said he is working to improve it in version 2.0."As far as i am concerened he is just an evil person to...

Tags: Domain names, Halvar, exploit, DNS

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Firefly flyPhone (blue)

Though cell phones for youth came into vogue two years ago, it wasn't long before they fell out of favor. While some parents liked the idea behind simple handsets such as the LG Migo and the Enfora TicTalk, many children weren't so impressed. They wanted more features for playground comparisons,...

Tags: Cellular phones, display, Firefly flyPhone, Firefly, phone, cell phone

Product reviews 2008-07-23

Attack code published for DNS flaw

The urgency to patch Dan Kaminsky's DNS cache poisoning vulnerability just went up a few notches. Exploit code for the flaw, which allows the insertion of malicious DNS records into the cache of the target nameserver, has been added to Metasploit, a freely distributed attack/pen-testing tool....

Tags: Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service

Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...

Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-23